I set you up on a blind date, and you've managed to overcome all the weirdness?

Lin Yan did not participate in the follow-up work.

Now that we've obtained the core intelligence, the rest is up to Chen Feng to deal with.

On the system panel, the [Affection Level: 100] was still lying there quietly.

He needed to figure out what his relationship was with that half-step advanced Slit-Mouthed Woman, Saya.

As evening fell, Lin Yan returned to her rented apartment.

The setting sun cast its light into the living room, making the entire room somewhat dim for a moment.

Lin Yan took off her coat, collapsed wearily onto the sofa, and opened the matchmaking group.

Looking at the profile picture of [Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya] in the group member list, Lin Yan took a deep breath.

What is meant to be will be; what is meant to be will be.

Instead of living in constant fear of being watched by her, it's better to take the initiative and test where her bottom line really lies.

Lin Yan's fingers flew across the screen as she sent a special 100-point red envelope to the group chat.

[Lin Yan]: @Slit-mouthed woman·Saya, Saya, you worked hard last night. I promised to treat you to dinner. Are you free tomorrow night?

The message had been sent less than two seconds ago.

The red envelope was claimed.

【Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya】: Available.

【Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya】: You decide the location.

Looking at the two messages that were replied to in a second, Lin Yan felt more and more uneasy.

This is very unusual.

Given Saya's arrogant and eccentric behavior, even if she agreed, she shouldn't be waiting for news on the screen like this.

Lin Yan gritted his teeth and decided to test the waters again.

[Lin Yan]: That shop must be very crowded today. It's noisy with so many people around, and you've been wearing a mask the whole time, so eating out must not be very pleasant.

[Lin Yan]: How about... you come to my apartment for dinner tomorrow night? I'll buy the beef and cook it for you myself.

After sending the message, Lin Yan held his breath and lay there staring at his phone screen.

The infamous Slit-Mouthed Woman came to a lone man's apartment for dinner in the middle of the night...

Anyone with even a slight understanding of the bizarre knows that such a request is no different from sending one's neck directly to the guillotine.

But after all, she was Saya, the eccentric girl who had helped him so many times.

The chat window keeps showing "typing...", then it disconnects and then shows up again.

Finally, the other side replied.

[Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya]: Where are you going?

【Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya】: Aren't you afraid that if I get angry, I'll turn your apartment into a haunted house?

Upon seeing this reply, Lin Yan felt a tightness in her chest rather than fear.

The tone seemed to carry murderous intent, but for the eccentric, not directly taking action was tantamount to coquettishness.

He immediately climbed up the pole.

[Lin Yan]: If I can die at the hands of Sister Saya, then I will die under the peony flower. So it's settled then?

【Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya】: ...Hmm.

【Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya】: Put less chili in my portion.

[Slit-Mouthed Woman - Saya]: I can't eat too much spicy food, you know that.

The phone slipped and fell to the ground with a thud.

Lin Yan immediately slumped into the sofa, feeling utterly weak.

I can't handle too much spice.

You know.

How the hell am I supposed to know?!

A bizarre woman who had only recently risen to a higher social status not only agreed to have dinner at a man's house, but also made a request that only a human would make.

They even used the phrase "you know that" to end the piece!

The more unusually gentle she was, the more certain Lin Yan became...

She not only knew him long ago, but also knew his lifestyle habits inside and out, because she knew he liked spicy food!

Considering her tolerant attitude last night—not only was she not disgusted by her boyfriend's tricks, but she seemed to have long been used to them...

Lin Yan couldn't help but think back to his university days.

Saya felt so familiar to him.

She didn't seem grotesque at all in front of him; he had seen the truly grotesque before.

Even the other oddballs in the group would never be as human as Saya.

She reminded Lin Yan of his ex-girlfriends.

Just as Lin Yan was lost in his own speculations, Chu Chu's indignant voice suddenly came from the living room television:

"Brother! Chu Chu saw it all! You actually invited that old woman over for dinner! And you even cooked for her yourself!"

A strong sour smell filled the air.

"Chuchu's CPU was practically burning out trying to help her brother investigate that cult, while her brother was at home flirting with some weirdo..."

Lin Yan quickly rubbed his temples, suppressing his confusion, and repeatedly reassured him:

"Alright, alright, that was to find out her background. You know me, I'm not interested in female freaks except for you."

"By the way, what did you find out?"

"snort!"

Chu Chu gave a soft snort, but still answered honestly.

"Brother, the data for that 704 air raid shelter is a bit exaggerated."

"How exaggerated? They've completely sealed off the area?" Lin Yan asked.

"It's not just a physical blockade."

"I just tried to use the Skynet system's probes to scan the underground structure of the air-raid shelter, and I found that... the spatial coordinates there have sunk."

"Sinking?" Lin Yan frowned.

"Yes." Chu Chu becomes very serious when she encounters a difficult problem.

"They buried a large amount of high-density blocking ore within a three-kilometer radius around the air-raid shelter."

"As soon as Chu Chu's signal entered, it bounced off completely as if it had hit a lead weight."

"They stripped the entire air-raid shelter out of reality, like putting a glass dome over that area."

Lin Yan sat up from the sofa.

This place is definitely not simple.

Cults use that outdated idea of ​​divine intervention, regardless of whether it's even real.

Even if they believed it to be true, they should still need to communicate with heaven and earth to gather energy. Why go to such great lengths to cut off the internal and external perception of the entire ritual?

Or is there something they're more afraid of?

What are they afraid of?

Lin Yan suddenly recalled the scene at the nun's heavy machinery factory that night.

With just a pair of scissors, Saya was able to tear open three bizarre, overlapping realms of rules from the outside and forcefully descend upon the area.

At that time, although most of the live broadcast signals were cut off, A-Feng's phone was not turned off.

Those cult members may very well be using this to observe things from the shadows!

If that's the case, then we're in trouble.

"They're preventing Saya from forcibly breaking through the boundary..."

Lin Yan gritted his teeth.

Everything connected.

That night, the cult witnessed firsthand that behind him stood a bizarre half-step advancement who could disregard common sense and forcibly tear apart the realm to descend.

So, they were smarter this time.

The 704 air raid shelter used so much blocking ore, as Chu Chu mentioned, not at all to defend against official firearms.

They are specifically designed to shield against the perception of the bizarre and prevent the outside world from forcibly breaking through the void!

It's obvious who they're guarding against.

Tomorrow night's air-raid shelter is not only an altar for the cult to create gods, but also a trap specifically set for Lin Yan!

Once Lin Yan steps into that air-raid shelter, Chu Chu's signal will be blocked, and the causal connection between him and Saya will be temporarily blocked.

He could no longer recruit people from the matchmaking group; he could only confront the so-called "god" of that cult with his mortal body.